Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 11 19:07:16 EST 2005 | primus
We are also looking for AOI machines, pre- and post-reflow. We already tried one machine from the UK (I don't remember the name, I perfer to forget we ever had it) and they told is it would do everything we wanted. Maybe so, but not well enough. It s
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 16 11:07:25 EST 2007 | stepheniii
I'm not sure if anyone mentioned the single most important factor. p.m.'s. If the nozzles are getting dirty and clogged it's not going to do a great job of picking parts up. Don't think in terms of variation. It's there it's unavoidable and undet
Electronics Forum | Tue May 18 16:40:22 EDT 2010 | m79d
I am having some problems getting the IP1 to place a SSOP28 package,pitch 0.65mm lead width 0.3mm. I am selecting computer vision 012 (tried 011) and vision type 100. EL data was put in looking at the datasheet and also measuring the device. Have tri
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 10 13:35:00 EDT 2001 | stepheno
I used to work with Chris. (neither of us are there anymore). What is he talking about is putting components into "pockets". The parts would come in, in sticks (tubes) but we wanted them in reels. At first we sent them out to be reeled, but that w
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 28 14:21:39 EDT 2001 | Scott B
You have to be careful here. The figure is expressed as placement accuracy, not process quality therefore 3 sigma does not relate to 2700 PPM defects but 2700 parts per million placed outwith 15microns (0.0006" / 0.6thou). Extrapolating the distribu
Electronics Forum | Thu May 28 10:57:10 EDT 1998 | John
Our company is currently looking to implement a SMT production line. What I am looking for is feedback on people's experiences with various machines. Here's what we are in the market for: Low/Mid volume 3,000+cph machine that can handle high job fle
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 09 10:15:17 EDT 2002 | msjohnston
Cal, Our parent company is a FAB and they are about to release a new generation of parts. Usually the die is qualified in a simple TSOP form factor. This time the first product quals will take place in the BGA and CSP from factors rather than the t
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 22 14:25:22 EDT 2007 | russ
Go inform the owner of your company that you are spending hours of labor dealing with these parts instead of spending the extra 4 dollars it takes to buy an entire reel. When we deal with strips we make sure that an extra amount is ordered to apply
Electronics Forum | Wed May 07 10:15:46 EDT 2008 | llaerum
We are also having some issues with certain small parts. In our case this is tantalum caps and 0402 caps. We had a vendor admit after much discussion that the plating used from a particular orgin was different on the tantalums. The tehory is thatthsi
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 12 14:49:26 EDT 2008 | awegener
I'm attempting to pick and place a small rivet onto our PCB. The rivet should be attached via reflow solder. The rivet will be used to create a sandwich, holding together a frame and additional circuit board in a package. This part is intended onl